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Identify Your Special Talents
Identify your special talents
Every human being without being an exception has talents attributes skills amp; characteristics which he could use to achieve amazing results. Most of the people during their life time make little assessment or no assessment in understanding and developing their talents and thus live a very mediocre life. Life is all about purpose and direction and the talents which one possesses needs to unearthed utilized constructively so that you get pulled away from the pack of average performers and move into the income category where today you can earn three four five and ten times as much as your peers who have not made this commitment.
Having talent skill amp; attribute in oneself and not knowing it not exhibiting it not exploring it not utilizing it to your advantage is as good as not having any skills in you.
There are eight ways for you to identify and determine your special talents and what you are uniquely suited to do. They are as under:
First you will always be the best and happiest at something that you love to do. If you could afford it you would do it without pay. It brings out the best in you and you get a tremendous amount of satisfaction and enjoyment when you are engaged in that particular work or assignment.
Second you do it well. You seem to have a natural ability to perform in this area.
Third this talent has been responsible for most of your success and happiness in life up until now. From an early age it has been something that you have enjoyed doing and brought you the greatest rewards and compliments from other people.
Fourth it is something that was easy for you to learn and easy to do. In fact it was so easy to learn that you actually forget when and how you learned it. You just found yourself doing it easily and well one day.
Fifth it holds your attention. It absorbs you and fascinates you. You like to think about it read about it talk about it and find out more about it. It seems to attract you like a moth to a flame.
Sixth you love to learn about it and become better at it all your life. You have a deep inner desire to really excel in this particular area.
Seventh when you do it time stands still. You can often work in your area of special talent for long periods without eating or sleeping hour after hour because you get so involved in it.
Eighth you really admire and respect other people who are good at what you are most suited to do. You want to be like them and be around them and emulate them in every way.
If the above descriptions apply to anything that you are doing now or anything that have done in the past they can lead you into what you were uniquely put on this earth to do to your hearts desire.
In other words you are born to excel. Your natural talents are inborn and easy to develop. They are programmed into your subconscious mind. They are what you were put on this earth to do. Your job is to discover this area of natural talent and ability and then develop it throughout your life.
Many skills are complimentary. They are dependent on each other. This means that you must have one skill at a certain level in order to use your other skills at a higher level. Sometimes you have to learn and develop skills that you do not particularly love and enjoy. But this is the price you pay to be able to achieve excellence in your chosen field.
Excellence is a journey. Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first. It is not practice that makes perfect; it is imperfect practice that eventually makes one perfect.
This article is written by Iyer Subramanian Joint Director HR of BOMBAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. HE COULD BE CONTACTED through his e mail: iyerpdkgnmyahoo.com
About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;My name is Iyer Subramanian. My qualifications are as under. Bachelor of Arts Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations Diploma in Labor Laws Labor Welfare Diploma in HRM Diploma in Training Development.
I have around 25 years of experience in HR and write for Express Hospitality Hospitalitybiz Business Manager regularly on HR.
Ideas To Start A Legitimate Home Business In South Africa
Making Money in South Africa Alternative Income Generating Methods
Nowadays with the limited job market and affirmative action making it extremely difficult for South Africans of all races to find employment the Internet offers a new alternative to making a living.
For people who are unemployed retrenched or for those simply looking to supplement their income starting an online business can be an excellent option.
Some of the benefits of starting an internet business are as follows;
- Start up capital requirements are extremely low depending on what your plans are.
This means that the waters can be tested before committing fully.
- All that is needed to start is a computer and
an internet connectionIn order to get started it is not a even prerequisite to layout money for a website and hosting and so on. There are quite a few credible options which the internet entrepreneur can exercise to build a totally legitimate online concern.
- Internet entrepreneurs work the hours they choose and therefore an internet business can even be run in one’s spare time.
- It can be managed from home the office or anywhere in the world for that matter.
The importance of this is huge as it means that the business can be fully ‘transportable’ and in most cases will retain its marketability anywhere.
Therefore whilst making a living online is certainly an option for those who have access to the internet and the rewards can be extraordinarily high not every internet entrepreneur will reach those heady heights.
To establish and grow an online business into a successful and lucrative concern one needs to employ all of the generally accepted business principles in terms of product niche marketing etc however being given a few pointers tips and help would go a long way to giving the budding internet entrepreneur a decent head start.
To this end Online Synergy has recently launched their home business site http://www.income.za.net that provides many articles tips and internet businesses to help the internet Entrepreneur to establish their own successful online business.
For South Africans find out more about how you can generate an online income in the new South Africa
About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Mark Bellinger a university graduate is a successful businessman and entrepreneur exploring online income opportunities and
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How To Turn A 1000 Profit On Ebony Magazine In Africa
I recently received a poignant yet corny SMS message from a pal in Scotland it read The world has been Obamarized! The fascination amongst Africans with all things AfricanAmerican certainly goes way back. If you’ve lived in Africa this isn’t news at all and now with Barack Obama becoming the very first AfricanAmerican president of the United States Of America I can only see the Obamarization of the world and especially Africa getting bigger and louder by the day. Africans are now going totally bonkers over all things AfricanAmerican. This article will reveal the possibilities of you making an enormous amount of money off the back of Ebony magazine a highly sought after AND well overpriced AfricanAmerican magazine among other black magazines on the African continent.
In East Africa where Obama’s father was born Ebony magazine is selling in the streets for up to a whopping 15 a copy. You and I both know it doesn’t cost THAT much in America. In fact it only costs 3.99 off the street and about 18.97 for an annual subscription comprising 12 issues. Why then is it so horrendously expensive in Africa? I did some research and went on to start my very own distribution network in the region; and here is how you too can start a homebased business selling Ebony magazines to Africa.
Based in Dar es salaam it was pretty easy for me to collate this information because I live here. And what set me on this fascinating trail believe it or not was when I purchased Ebony magazine with Janet Jackson on the cover I’m a HUGE fan of hers and in that particular issue April 2008 it read Does Janet Still Have It. I paid almost 15 for it and I thought… what a cheek! These magazines don’t cost that much. I knew what an annual subscription costs and this price just wasn’t on. It was a blatant rip off! But hey someone was making money from this and so I sought to find out who and how!
In my quest I went on to interview newspaper and magazine vendors in the streets of Dar es salaam. The general feedback not only astounded me it flashed and flaunted dollar signs to my face. I just HAD to get a piece of the action. I would be utterly mad not to. I did establish one thing though that THEY the vendors wanted MORE magazines. It’s like there was a voracious appetite for them. Some of these vendors were asking for HUNDREDS of magazines a month. Crazy money that’s what was running through my head! I offered to help.
The secret to getting started with this business is to buy a magazine subscription out of America and have the magazines delivered to an address in the States. Your next piece of the puzzle would be to find a reliable distributor in Africa. This is the tricky part actually because you can’t trust just anybody. Someone you knowlike a friend or relative would be a much safer way to go. It is good to be cautious.
And in case you have neither of the above no friends no relatives consider joining a USbased network marketing company that sells Ebony magazine subscriptions. The advantage with this is you can leverage your way into Africa by recruiting Africans based in Africa into your MLM business. This will earn you lucrative commissions out of Africa simply because THEY your downlines are working the business. Call it your bloodless coup d’etat. If you will.
Is Obama taking over the world? Oh you bet he is! And with it thankfully come the hidden golden nuggets and outrageously profitable business opportunities much like this one that anyone serious about earning some extra cash on the side can very well do so working from home. I like to say: follow the plan to work the plan.
About the writer: James Robbins is an adventurer motivational speaker and management consultant who helps organizations lower their turnover. For more info go to leadership
